different between whiz vs icon

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?z/
• Rhymes: -?z

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss.

Alternative forms

• wiz, wizz, whizz

Verb

whiz (third-person singular simple present whizzes, present participle whizzing, simple past and past participle whizzed)

1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
2. To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
3. To throw or spin rapidly.
4. (vulgar, slang) To urinate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate

   • 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger

     The first thing Howard did following Vi's departure was to haul the step-stool over to the kitchen sink and whiz into the drain again.

Derived terms

• whizzle

Translations

Noun

whiz (countable and uncountable, plural whizzes)

1. A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
2. (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:skilled person
3. (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urination

4. (Britain, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
5. (Britain, slang, with "the") Pickpocketing.
   • 2003, David W. Maurer, Whiz Mob (page 40)

     This type of pickpocket, it should be noted, is passing from the scene; most class cannons now operating are old-timers. “The only youngsters I see breaking in on the whiz are jigs, and they are coining a bebop lingo that is something. […]

Derived terms

• take a whiz
• whiz kid
• whizzer

Translations

Etymology 2

See with.

Preposition

whiz

1. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of with.

English

Alternative forms

• eikon, ikon (only in sense of religious image)

Etymology

From Latin ?c?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (eik?n, “likeness, image, portrait”). Eastern Orthodox Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded in 1982.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a?.k?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?a?.k??n/

Noun

icon (plural icons)

1. An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.

   Synonyms: idol, (pejorative) graven image

2. (religion, especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.
3. (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:exemplar, Thesaurus:model

4. (graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something.

   Click the loudspeaker icon to configure audio settings.

5. (linguistics) A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.

   Coordinate terms: symbol, index.

Derived terms

• aniconic, aniconism
• iconism

Related terms

• iconic
• iconoclasm, iconoclast, iconoclastic
• iconify
• iconography
• iconstasis

Translations

Further reading

• icon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• icon (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• COIN, Coin, Nico, cion, coin, coni

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (eik?n, “likeness, image, portrait”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?i?.ko?n/, [?i?ko?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.kon/, [?i?k?n]

Noun

?c?n f (genitive ?conis); third declension

1. an image
2. (later Latin): icon (religious painting)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• ?conicus
• ?conismus

References

• icon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• icon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• icon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• icon in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016